Occupational asthma caused by gerbil: purification and partial characterization of a new gerbil allergen

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 540-542

  de las Heras, Manuel ^a   Cuesta Herranz, Javier ^a   Cases, Bárbara ^a   de Miguel, Jaime ^a   Fernández Nieto, Mar ^a   Sastre, Joaquin ^a   Vivanco, Fernando ^a   Pastor Vargas, Carlos ^a  

^a Hospital UniversitarioFundación Jiménez Díaz   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; BRONCHOSPASM; CASE REPORT; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GERBIL; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NASAL PRURITUS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCULAR PRURITUS; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHINORRHEA; SKIN TEST; SNEEZING;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; FEMALE; GERBILLINAE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 77953147644     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: 15344436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anai.2010.04.007     Document Type: Letter

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